M 4.9 in South Africa on 15 Jun 2014 14:16 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1034354
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 5 Km
Lat/Lon: -26.9894 , 26.7435
Event Date: 15 Jun 2014 14:16 UTC
15 Jun 2014 16:16 Local
Exposed Population:
1221168 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Jun 2014 18:44 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 280 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Kyodo Industry Brief (June 19)Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:02:00 +0200.

TOKYO - ---------- Sagawa Express to employ 10,000 housewives as part-timers TOKYO - Parcel delivery company...
Tsunami warning issued for Cocos IslandsThu, 19 Jun 2014 08:28:00 +0200.

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has struck near Cocos Islands, however, a tsunami warning has now been cancelled.
Der Chef der Duisburger Kindernothilfe sagt adieuThu, 19 Jun 2014 07:24:00 +0200.

Gerechtigkeit für Menschenkinder: Das war immer das große Thema von Dr. Jürgen Thiesbonenkamp. Jetzt geht der evangelische Theologe nach elf Jahren an der Spitze der Kindernothilfe in den Ruhestand.
Querellantes piden reabrir investigación del caso Tsunami y citar a … ... Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:10:00 +0200.

Radio Bío-Bío Querellantes piden reabrir investigación del caso Tsunami y citar a … Radio Bío-Bío Este miércoles la justicia comenzó la discusión en torno a la reapertura de la investigación del caso Tsunami, la que pretende una serie de in
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),